Thai New Year starts on April 13. This 3 days event is called Songkran. The event is celebrated by visiting the temples, splashing water on each other and playing with elephants. Splashing water, not only, is fun in Thai hot weather on this occasion but also considered as an act of wishing good luck. [27 Shots]
A child gets water splashed during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason Wanichakorn
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. The water throwing and other celebrations, which takes over most Thai cities and villages, last for three days. AP / David Longstreath
Children take part in the water splashing rite during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason Wanichakorn
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
A Thai model and others engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Bus passengers look on as Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Young Thais play water battle games to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Foreigns and Thais play water games together to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
A foreign tourist is splashed with water by a young boy as people come out to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Thais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai children and foreign tourists spray water on each other on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Foreign tourists play with water on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Children splash water to elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai Lalit
Children splash water on elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai Lalit
Elephants spray water at teenagers during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at children during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
A child gets water splashed during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason Wanichakorn
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. The water throwing and other celebrations, which takes over most Thai cities and villages, last for three days. AP / David Longstreath
Children take part in the water splashing rite during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason Wanichakorn
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
A Thai model and others engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Bus passengers look on as Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David Longstreath
Thais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Young Thais play water battle games to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Foreigns and Thais play water games together to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
A foreign tourist is splashed with water by a young boy as people come out to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Thais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree Tohlala
Thai children and foreign tourists spray water on each other on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Foreign tourists play with water on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Children splash water to elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai Lalit
Children splash water on elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai Lalit
Elephants spray water at teenagers during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
Elephants spray water at children during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul
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